To Move the World The Fourth Annual Report of the Davis United World College Scholars Program 2007 161.06_Report_P5.indd 1 2/14/07 12:40:11 PM Davis United World College Scholars PROGRAM 2007 Annual Report Private Philanthropy Supporting International Understanding through Education 161.06_Report_P5.indd 2-1 2/14/07 12:40:14 PM TO MOVE THE WORLD 6 Building International Understanding through Education 7 Explaining the Davis United World College Scholars Program How The Program Works 10 An Expanded Program 11 From 5 pilot schools to 65 nationwide NEW IMAGE? 118 Home Countries of Current Davis UWC Scholars 12 A World of Learners 13 Scholars’ Home Countries and UWC Schools Out of Devastation ... Education 15 The Davis Program and the Globalizing of Colby 17 Prestigious Sen. Paul Simon Award Recognizes Pivotal Impact 17 The Davis Example 18 A UWC Grad Funds New Internships at Williams College THE CLass OF 2007 19 Learning — and Building — without Borders 25 Building the Skills to Move the World 30 Contents Dancing — and Learning — for Life 43 THE UNDERGRADuatES 46 Class of 2008 47 NEW IMAGE? Class of 2009 49 Sharing New Insights on the “Original Globalization” 49 Class of 2010 57 Middlebury College Scholars Say “We Owe the World” 61 An American Scholar Strikes a Chord 65 25 RIPPLES AROUND THE WORLD 66 The ’04 and ’05 Davis UWC Scholar Graduates 67 Applying to the Davis UWC Scholars Program 71 “It Only Takes Passion” 73 For Philanthropists Shelby M.C. and Gale Davis, Scholars’ Letters Foretell Lasting Impact of Their Generosity The Power of Private Philanthropy 75 Acknowledgments and Credits 76 NEW IMAGE? PAGE # STILL TO BE UPDATED WHEN PAGE COUNT AND INFO IS FINAL 73 161.06_Report_P5.indd 2-3 2/14/07 12:40:20 PM Building International Understanding through Education The Davis United World College Scholars Program by Philip O. Geier, Ph.D. Executive Director he Davis United World College Scholars Program is a major philanthropic force in promoting T international understanding. At present, the program provides scholarship support for 1,100 current Davis UWC Scholars, from around the U.S. and the world, at a growing number of American colleges and universities. The program and these scholars are committed to building cross-cultural understanding across their campuses and around the globe in the 21st century. The stability of our world, and ensuring America’s place in it, demands no less To Move the World than initiatives as large in scale, innovative in design, and powerful in impact as this. This program is about the huge potential of private Pilot programs began in 2001 at Colby College, College philanthropy to promote international understanding of the Atlantic, Middlebury College, Princeton University, and Wellesley College. In this academic year, the greatly in dynamic, expanding ways through the education of oloboreLore con vullandiam iriure eraessit wis num volobore venim quisci blan expanded program now includes 76 U.S. colleges and exceptional young people. ut utet vullam, veliqui scillamet nonsecte erate consed et, vel illamet acillum universities — including, among many others, Harvard, vulputpatin henim zzrillut nos nis acilisit nulluptatue tat, quate dolore The Davis United World College Scholars have come this Williams and Duke in the East, Earlham, Carleton, Grinnell year from 126 nations, and those who graduate in the and Macalester colleges in the Midwest, and Lewis & Clark, They have come this year from 126 nations, and those who Whitman and Claremont McKenna in the West. Class of 2007 — our fourth graduating class — are leaving graduate from the original five schools in the Class of 2007 This program is about the huge potential of private — our program’s fourth graduating class — are leaving behind far-reaching legacies for their schools and their philanthropy to promote international understanding in behind far-reaching impacts on their schools and their fellow students. dynamic, expanding ways through the education of fellow students. exceptional young people. Among our leading objectives All the Davis UWC Scholars, at all the participating Philip O. Geier, Ph.D. is to see a much greater commitment by the private schools, are the heart and soul of this initiative. In these Executive Director philanthropic sector to this very worthy purpose in the future. Davis UWC Scholars Program pages, we invite you to become acquainted with the Davis Davis United World College (UWC) Scholars are, UWC Scholars Program, and with its individual scholars— indeed, outstanding students and remarkable young people. especially the XX members of the graduating class of 2007. 2007 Davis United World College Scholars 5 161.06_Report_P5.indd 4-5 2/14/07 12:40:21 PM philanthropist Shelby M.C. Davis as the inaugural The Davis United World College Scholars Program In sum, the Davis United World College Scholars institutions for the Davis United World College Scholars is different, intentionally so, from other fine efforts to Program has great aspirations. Though our program is still program Davis offered to provide scholarships for internationalize the undergraduate experience. While in its early stages, we envision a growing commitment to ”The UWCs grab you quickly, because the students every UWC graduate who gained acceptance and then preceding initiatives have focused more on research, faculty international understanding through education in the 21st are so passionate. They’re so motivated and hungry matriculated at these pilot schools, regardless of national development, changes in curricula, uses of technology, and century. In time, Davis UWC Scholars will take their place for knowledge — and the UWC’s mission statement is origin or UWC attended. This remains the case for these study abroad, this program creates a much greater diversity beside the alumni of such esteemed scholarship programs as about peace and understanding through education. five inaugural schools. of students on campus. And by supporting scholars from Fulbright and Rhodes. We embrace fully to goal of the late These students pick this up rapidly and want to Beginning with the fall 2004 student matriculation, the many countries, who are energized by the UWC mission Senator J. William Fulbright for the public-sector scholarship Davis United World College Scholars program has greatly of building understanding in active, personal ways, the Davis program that beats his name: to “bring a little more make a difference in the world. So that makes me a expanded to include the additional 71 American colleges and UWC Scholars Program exemplifies how diversity can knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion passionate giver, to follow that lead.” universities. In support of these schools meeting the financial contribute to a much richer education, and to a more globally into world affairs, and thereby to increase the chance that from an interview with Shelby M.C. Davis by Shobana Kesava, senior needs of their scholars, Davis philanthropy contributes up engaged undergraduate experience for everyone on campus. nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship.” broadcast journalist with 938 LIVE in Singapore, aired by the station in November 2005. An International Patron of the United to $10,000 of need-based aid for each scholar, every year Outcome studies of the earlier initiatives found The great potential of the Davis United World College World Colleges, Shelby Davis was featured at the UWC movement’s of a four-year undergraduate degree program. All of these “low levels of international competency, a decline in Scholars Program is not simply to build and perpetuate an International Council meeting, convened last fall in Singapore. additional schools are also awarded a $5,000 grant each year the number of international student requirements, few outstanding scholarship program. It is to motivate others, in support of their admission outreach. students studying foreign languages as a percentage of total especially in the private sector, to strengthen international The goals of this Davis philanthropy continue to be to: enrollments, and less funding from federal and state sources.” understanding through their personal philanthropy, and to Private Philanthropy for Global Understanding (The Ford Foundation, “Preliminary Status Report 2000: foster a deep commitment to international diversity and What is the Davis United World College Scholars program? • Provide scholarship support for exemplary and Internationalization of U.S. Higher Education.”) These programming on American campuses. Our future depends It is, above all, the vision and power of private philanthropy promising students from all cultures, who have each findings encouraged the Davis philanthropy to model a fresh on a world of talented individuals from diverse cultures who committed to the importance of fostering greater absorbed the passion of their UWC school community for synthesis of approaches — some new, some well-proven — to join in commitment to international understanding. understanding among the world’s future decision-makers— building international understanding in the 21st century. internationalizing the American undergraduate experience. Davis United World College Scholars will, we believe, Americans and citizens of other nations. • Build clusters of these globally aware and committed As modeled by the Davis United World College Scholars contribute to the realization of this important goal. We The program provides scholarship to students, from students within the undergraduate